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1 MDPI | {{doi|10.1989}} · {{doi|10.20944}} · {{doi|10.32545}} · {{doi|10.3390}} · {{doi|10.35995}}
[Beall's publisher list / update]
MDPI is very much hit-and-miss. MDPI on Beall's original list in 2014, but was removed in 2015. The updated list says "Some of their journals have a very poor peer-review; some are fine." Social Sciences could be multiple other journals. Evaluate on a case by case basis (see Q8 in the FAQ).
All 386 MDPI-related entries
22906 16360 1.400
2 Frontiers Media | {{doi|10.3389}} · {{doi|10.4175}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Very much hit-and-miss. See note on Beall's list. Will accept almost anything (80-90% of submissions), and has sacked editors for being too selective. Many journals have impact factors and are listed on DOAJ, and Frontiers Media remains part of COPE and OASPA. Evaluate on a case by case basis (see Q8 in the FAQ).
All 256 Frontiers Media-related entries
15645 11006 1.421
3 Hijacked journal
[Beall's hijacked list · Beall's hijacked list / update · Beall's journal list · Bohannon's list of hijacked journals]
Hijacked journals are legitimate academic journals with imposters pretending to be the legitimate publication. These citations are likely not problematic, but it is good to check that the real journal is being cited.
All 217 Hijacked journal-related entries
6581 5347 1.231
4 Hindawi (publisher) | {{doi|10.1100}} · {{doi|10.1155}} · {{doi|10.3814}} · {{doi|10.4061}} · {{doi|10.5402}} · {{doi|10.6064}} · {{doi|10.7167}} · {{doi|10.7217}}
[Beall's publisher list*]
Listed on Beall's list in 2010, but later removed as a 'borderline case'. In 2023, Hindawi retracted several thousands of articles from paper mills. Wiley estimates that 10-13% of all Hindawi papers are affected, though this may vary from journal to journal. Evaluate on a case by case basis (see Q8 in the FAQ).
All 581 Hindawi (publisher)-related entries
6280 5410 1.161
5 Medknow Publications | {{doi|10.4103}} · {{doi|10.6219}}
[Beall's publisher list* · Beall's journal list / update]
Listed on Beall's list in 2011, but removed in 2012. Several of its journal are listed on the updated list, however.
All 515 Medknow Publications-related entries
5895 4445 1.326
6 Bentham Science Publishers | {{doi|10.2174}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Bentham Open is listed, although Bentham Science Publishers is not.
All 297 Bentham Science Publishers-related entries
3853 3054 1.262
7 Dove Medical Press | {{doi|10.2147}}
[Beall's journal list / update]
Formerly on Beall's original list as 'Dove Press', but several journals are listed on the updated list.
All 151 Dove Medical Press-related entries
2435 2002 1.216
8 Alternative medicine
[Unreliable fields]
All 208 Alternative medicine-related entries
2322 1587 1.463
9 Case report
[Unreliable fields]
Case reports may be perfectly fine citations, however they will usually fail WP:MEDRS as individual cases are considered anecdotal evidence.
All 256 Case report-related entries
1864 1526 1.221
10 Baishideng Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11569}} · {{doi|10.12998}} · {{doi|10.13105}} · {{doi|10.35711}} · {{doi|10.35712}} · {{doi|10.35713}} · {{doi|10.37126}} · {{doi|10.3748}} · {{doi|10.4239}} · {{doi|10.4240}} · {{doi|10.4251}} · {{doi|10.4252}} · {{doi|10.4253}} · {{doi|10.4254}} · {{doi|10.4291}} · {{doi|10.4292}} · {{doi|10.4329}} · {{doi|10.4330}} · {{doi|10.4331}} · {{doi|10.5306}} · {{doi|10.5312}} · {{doi|10.5313}} · {{doi|10.5314}} · {{doi|10.5315}} · {{doi|10.5316}} · {{doi|10.5317}} · {{doi|10.5318}} · {{doi|10.5319}} · {{doi|10.5320}} · {{doi|10.5321}} · {{doi|10.5409}} · {{doi|10.5410}} · {{doi|10.5411}} · {{doi|10.5412}} · {{doi|10.5492}} · {{doi|10.5493}} · {{doi|10.5494}} · {{doi|10.5495}} · {{doi|10.5496}} · {{doi|10.5497}} · {{doi|10.5498}} · {{doi|10.5499}} · {{doi|10.5500}} · {{doi|10.5501}} · {{doi|10.5527}} · {{doi|10.5528}} · {{doi|10.5662}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 51 Baishideng Publishing Group-related entries
1352 1015 1.332
11 Parapsychology
[Unreliable fields]
Several skeptical publications setting out to debunk rather than promote nonsensical claims may be included here.
All 35 Parapsychology-related entries
1317 880 1.497
12 Pseudo-scholarship
[Unreliable fields]
All 123 Pseudo-scholarship-related entries
1122 948 1.184
13 Current Science
[Beall's journal list / update] 		1096 919 1.193
14 Tabloid journalism
[Unreliable fields]
All 32 Tabloid journalism-related entries
1069 564 1.895
15 Conspiracy theory
[Unreliable fields]
All 63 Conspiracy theory-related entries
920 807 1.140
16 AME Publishing Company | {{doi|10.21037}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 62 AME Publishing Company-related entries
683 567 1.205
17 Cureus | {{doi|10.7759}}
[—]
Uses crowd-sourced "post-publication peer-review". 		676 604 1.119
18 ResearchGate | {{doi|10.13140}}
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#ResearchGate.
All 188 ResearchGate-related entries
656 598 1.097
19 Impact Journals (New York State, USA) | {{doi|10.18632}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		623 506 1.231
20 Propaganda
[Unreliable fields]
All 143 Propaganda-related entries
540 451 1.197
21 Forbes
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Forbes.com contributors, staff is reliable, contributors are not. 		509 452 1.126
22 F1000 (publisher) | {{doi|10.12688}} · {{doi|10.12703}} · {{doi|10.3410}} · {{doi|10.4089}} · {{doi|10.7490}}
[See [1]]
All 23 F1000 (publisher)-related entries
498 429 1.161
23 Oncotarget
[Beall's journal list] 		429 372 1.153
24 Rolling Stone
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Rolling Stone; good for culture news reporting; unreliable for politically/societally sensitive reporting; Culture Council articles unreliable. 		427 392 1.089
25 Race and intelligence controversy
[Unreliable fields] 		414 194 2.134
26 Blog hosting services
[WP:SPSLIST]
See WP:BLOGS.
All 185 Blog hosting services-related entries
399 352 1.134
27 Frontiers in Bioscience | {{doi|10.2741}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		361 339 1.065
28 Chiropractic
[Unreliable fields]
All 26 Chiropractic-related entries
295 145 2.034
29 Daily Star (United Kingdom)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Star. 		280 154 1.818
30 Unpublished
[—]
May simply be in need of being updated to the published version. Otherwise, these probably fail WP:V.
All 168 Unpublished-related entries
272 243 1.119
31 Medwell Journals | {{doi|10.3923}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Veterinary Research is most likely the one published by BioMed Central, rather than Medwell. Social Sciences could be multiple other journals.
All 11 Medwell Journals-related entries
269 232 1.159
32 Quadrant (magazine)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Quadrant. 		234 153 1.529
33 e-Century Publishing Corporation
[Beall's publisher list]
All 19 e-Century Publishing Corporation-related entries
223 210 1.062
34 HuffPost
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#HuffPost contributors, staff is debatable, contributors/editorial partners are not reliable.
All 13 HuffPost-related entries
220 207 1.063
35 Canadian Center of Science and Education | {{doi|10.5539}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 30 Canadian Center of Science and Education-related entries
217 204 1.064
36 Journal of Management
[Lying about DOAJ]
Not the Southern Management Association journal 		212 166 1.277
37 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
[WP:CIRCULAR / WP:MIRROR]
Many entries are listed for mirroring small excerpts only.
All 24 Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks-related entries
207 194 1.067
38 Science Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11648}}
[Beall's publisher list · Beall's publisher list / update]
Social Sciences could be multiple other journals. Several of SPG journals are named either identically or are very similar to other publications, e.g. International Journal of Data Science and Analysis vs International Journal of Data Science and Analytics and may thus have similar ISO 4 abbreviations. It was founded in 2012, so references prior to 2012 are unlikely to be of this publisher.
All 22 Science Publishing Group-related entries
185 168 1.101
39 Aging (journal)
[Beall's journal list] 		177 136 1.301
40 Medical Hypotheses
[See [2]]
Purposefully not peer-reviewed. 		170 140 1.214
41 Psychology Today
[Quackwatch's list] 		153 130 1.177
42 Superseded theories in science
[Unreliable fields]
All 30 Superseded theories in science-related entries
149 131 1.137
43 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		132 109 1.211
44 Symbiosis (publisher) | {{doi|10.15226}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		128 118 1.085
45 Marquis Who's Who
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Marquis Who's Who.
All 17 Marquis Who's Who-related entries
127 111 1.144
46 Genetics and Molecular Research | {{doi|10.4238}}
[Beall's journal list] 		118 107 1.103
47 OMICS Publishing Group | {{doi|10.11131}} · {{doi|10.12715}} · {{doi|10.14303}} · {{doi|10.15412}} · {{doi|10.21767}} · {{doi|10.24105}} · {{doi|10.3371}} · {{doi|10.36648}} · {{doi|10.37532}} · {{doi|10.4066}} · {{doi|10.4172}} · {{doi|10.47128}} · {{doi|10.54931}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Vegetos is published by Springer Nature since 2019.
All 27 OMICS Publishing Group-related entries
111 103 1.078
48 Diva Enterprises | {{doi|10.5958}}
[UGC]
Several of their journal fail UGC criteria. Those that pass are listed here. Those from listed as UGC Group 1 are probably fine. UGC Group II could be fine, depending on the database. Those without UGC recognition are very likely not fine. Those unmentioned are definitely not fine.
All 49 Diva Enterprises-related entries
110 104 1.058
49 International Journal of Nanomedicine
[Beall's journal list / update] 		107 77 1.390
50 Munis Entomology & Zoology
[Beall's journal list] 		103 90 1.144
51 American Scientific Publishers | {{doi|10.1166}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 22 American Scientific Publishers-related entries
101 89 1.135
52 Spectrum (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		100 86 1.163
53 Project Innovation
[Beall's publisher list]
These journals were acquired by Project Innovations at some point, but were well-established before that. Project Innovations also switched owners at several points, the most recent being 2004. Unclear when problems with publisher started. 		93 87 1.069
54 Creationism
[Unreliable fields]
All 24 Creationism-related entries
86 57 1.509
55 Daily Express
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Daily Express. 		80 72 1.111
56 Pulsus Group | {{doi|10.19144}} · {{doi|10.21282}} · {{doi|10.4066}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Purchased by OMICS Publishing Group in 2016. The Journal of Agriculture is likely an older, non-Pulsus journal.
All 17 Pulsus Group-related entries
62 61 1.016
57 Pharmacognosy Reviews
[Beall's journal list / update] 		61 57 1.070
58 Scientific Research Publishing | {{doi|10.4236}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Chinese Medicine likely refers to the BioMed Central journal. Comput. Chem. likely refers to Computer & Chemistry.
All 11 Scientific Research Publishing-related entries
60 48 1.250
59 Alternative Medicine Review
[Quackwatch's list] 		57 52 1.096
60 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
[Beall's journal list] 		54 53 1.019
61 Nucleus
[Lying about DOAJ]
Make sure it's ISSN 1982-2278, there are many other publications with the same/similar name. 		54 48 1.125
62 IGI Global | {{doi|10.4018}}
[[3] · [4]]
IGI Global is mostly criticized for it's book-publishing practices. Criticism is mostly silent on its journals, several of which have impact factors.
All 38 IGI Global-related entries
53 52 1.019
63 Homeopathy
[Unreliable fields]
All 8 Homeopathy-related entries
50 28 1.786
64 Anti-vaccine movement
[Unreliable fields]
See also WP:JCW/PATTERNS#CAM.
All 11 Anti-vaccine movement-related entries
48 37 1.297
65 International Journal of Computer Applications
[Lying about DOAJ · Beall's publisher list] 		47 45 1.044
66 National Association of Scholars | {{doi|10.51845}}
[Beall's publisher list] 		44 41 1.073
67 Alchemy
[Unreliable fields]
All 11 Alchemy-related entries
43 40 1.075
68 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
[Quackwatch's list] 		43 29 1.483
69 Genes & Cancer
[Beall's journal list] 		40 34 1.176
70 Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
[Beall's journal list / update] 		37 36 1.028
71 Journal of Physical Therapy Science
[Beall's journal list] 		37 28 1.321
72 Genocide denial
[Unreliable fields]
All 10 Genocide denial-related entries
37 16 2.312
73 Bioinformation | {{doi|10.6026}}
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
74 Journal of Environmental Biology
[Beall's journal list] 		36 34 1.059
75 Bridges (magazine)
[Quackwatch's list] 		36 29 1.241
76 Vegetarian Times
[Quackwatch's list] 		35 32 1.094
77 International Institute for Science, Technology and Education | {{doi|10.7176}}
[Beall's publisher list]
Search for iiste.org 		35 28 1.250
78 Who's Who (UK)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Who's Who (UK). 		34 33 1.030
79 Science Publications | {{doi|10.3844}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Science Publications-related entries
33 33 1.000
80 African Research Review
[Beall's publisher list] 		33 30 1.100
81 Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
[Beall's journal list] 		33 30 1.100
82 Authorea | {{doi|10.15200}} · {{doi|10.22541}}
[—]
Preprints 		33 28 1.179
83 Jaypee Journals | {{doi|10.5005}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 11 Jaypee Journals-related entries
32 31 1.032
84 Journal of Psychology and Theology
[Beall's journal list] 		32 28 1.143
85 Astrology
[Unreliable fields]
All 13 Astrology-related entries
32 27 1.185
86 HIV/AIDS denialism
[Unreliable fields] 		31 21 1.476
87 Kowsar Publishing | {{doi|10.5812}}
[Beall's publisher list]
All 13 Kowsar Publishing-related entries
30 26 1.154
88 Alternative & Complementary Therapies
[Quackwatch's list] 		28 28 1.000
89 Research Square | {{doi|10.21203}}
[—]
Preprint service 		28 28 1.000
90 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
[Beall's journal list · Quackwatch's list] 		27 18 1.500
91 Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
[Beall's journal list] 		26 26 1.000
92 Interdisciplinary Toxicology
[Beall's journal list] 		26 25 1.040
93 Serials Publications
[Beall's publisher list]
Man in India dates from well before Serials Publications came about. Date of acquisition unclear. 		26 24 1.083
94 International Journal of Mathematics
[Lying about DOAJ]
Refers to the IAEME journal, not the World Scientific one 		26 23 1.130
95 European Journal of Social Sciences
[Beall's journal list]
Possibly hijacked. The journal published by Librairie Droz, hosted on Open Edition is legitimate. The one published by Social Sciences Research Platform is listed by Beall. 		25 24 1.042
96 International Business Times
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#International Business Times. 		25 22 1.136
97 Journal of Cosmology | {{doi|10.37720}}
[Beall's journal list] 		25 16 1.562
98 FamilySearch
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#FamilySearch. 		25 14 1.786
99 International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research | {{doi|10.14299}}
[Beall's journal list · Lying about DOAJ] 		24 23 1.043
100 Medium (website)
[WP:RSP § Generally unreliable]
See WP:RSP#Medium. 		24 23 1.043
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